Tell CalSTRS to Divest from War

Last year, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) divested from two U.S. private prison companies Core Civic and GEO Group. Both companies hold federal immigration contracts, which enforce the policies of the Trump administration. After engaging with the companies, CalSTRS asserted that investing in the Core Civic and GEO Group would pose a risk to investors.

Not only does General Dynamics contract with federal immigration authorities, but it is one of the top defense companies in the world. CalSTRS has invested millions in a company which has been implicated in war crimes and the loss of countless innocent lives. In one of the most egregious cases, 54 were killed, 44 of whom were children, and countless more wounded in an airstrike on a Yemeni school bus with remnants of a General Dynamics guided metal fin found at the scene.